Eyeglasses or spectacles.



PATENTED FEB. l1, 1908.

'V Novag.

4 G. BAUscH. EYBGLASSB'S 0R SPE PPLIOTIOX FILED AU GTACLES.

a. la, 1904.

gum" l'oz t Be it known that I, GEORGE extremlties of the GEORGE BAUsen, or sr'nAcUsE', New ronj EYEGLAssEs on SPECTACLES.

Specification of Letters Patent..

I Patented n-11,1908.

Applcation llled AugnBt'IB. 1904. Seriallllo. 221.2411 i l it 1 To all whom 'it may concern,"

BAUscH, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Eyeglasses or Spectacles; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, andcexact description of the same, reference .being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and tothe reference-numerals marked thereon. t

My present` inventionrelate's to improvements in eyeglasses or spectacles,'and the purpose of my invention 1s to provide a device of this character which is capable of adjusting itself to those portions of the wearers nose upon which it may bear in order that the eyeglasses or spectacles maybe firmly and accurately supported in position with the Ileast pressure and discomfort to the wearer. y Q

It is also anobject of my invention to enable a device of this kind to be produced inexpensively and which is capable of use in `various formsfand to these and other ends it' consists 41n certain 1mprovementsand com-- binations and arrangements of arts that will be hereinafter more fully exp ained, the novel features `being pointed out. particularly in the claims hereunto annexed. y f

In thedrawingszFigure 1 is a frontview of a spectacle or eyeglass to which my pres` ent invention has been ap lied. i Fig. 2 is a view of the same, looking rom` the top, and Fig. 3 is a detail'perspectlve view of the nose guard detachedfrom the mounting. f

In these views the same numerals of reference designate similar parts.

My present invention 1s articularly applicable to that class of eyeg asses wherein the usual lenses are connected by a relatively" stiff or rigid bridge which is formed to bear upon or rest in immediate proximity to the bridge of the wearers nose,I and it embodies l generally the bridge 1 the central portion of which is arched to the roper degree to conform to the contour ci) that-portion of the Wearers nose upon which it is adapted to rest, the vrespective ends of the bridge in the present instance being extended approxil mately horizontally and rearwardly to form the hinge pintles or ournals 2 and 3, These ridge are then doubled forwardlyV and are `attached in a suitable manner to the lens attachin devices which latter may be of any desirab e construction,

` Man different forms of guardsma ing clamps 114-4 which are .secured upon'l the opposite faces of the lenses 5 by means-of the screw 6, thcears 7--7 being usually provided such devices usually 4consisting of the oppos,

1 y UNITED STATES PATENT i i for engaging the inner edges of the lenses and thereby securingthelensesin ixed relation,l i

,The hinge pmtles' xor journalsQ and 3 formed upon the bridge,preferablyrextend in l a' direction 'approximately perpendicular to the plane of the" lenses, or tliey may be'ad sides of that portion of 'the wearerfsnose to pintles are journaled the nos'e guards Sand-Q which are capable of turning about'the journal portions of, the bridge in. ianes approximately parallel to the plane olgtbe lenses.

applic tothe mounting in the manner a ovey described, the guardsemployedin the present instance being particularly advantajusted to extend substantially parallel to the f Abe geous for the reason that .they may each be formed of a substantiallyfstraight strip of sheet metal or other suitable material, one end of which'is partially doubled upon the remainder of the strip and the extremit "of the doubled portion may be'rolled or ot erwise formed into a hinge orbearingportion' adapted toiit upon the journal portions of" the mounting, and this enables' the guards to be readily 'and inexpensively formed from sheet material, and a wearer"s' nose it' need not e unusually wide or large 1n order to accommodate the guards between it and the sides of the nose. The doubled portion oieach guardaffords. an ad-. justment by means ofwhich the height of theV so places thebearing' f or rolled portion `of the guardvery close to ythe nose engaging portion thereof, and con- `sequently when the brid e is '.fitted to thek guards-may be varied, but it will be nnder-` stood oi course that I do not limit myself to the use of a that various ornisv may be used as will be found advantageous. i;

Eyeglasses or spectacles-provided with my improvements 'are particularly desirable for supporting and positioning themselves u on `the Wearers nose, fonit will be observed t at the freely movable nose guards will readily and accurately bear upon the nose wit particular, form of guard, and y evenly distributed pressure, as they automatically move into properposition so that their noseenga'ging surfacesA conform to those portions of the nose upon which they bear, and it is obviousthat they may be readily rio `-and inexpensively manufactured and applied to the various forms of eyeglass or spectacle mountings.

I clalm as my invention 1.' In eye lasses, a bridge having a portion formmg a hln ge pintle, and a" nose-guard having a hlnge portion adapted to cooperate therewith.-

2. Inde e lasses or s ectacles the conibination withthe lenses, of a bridge attached as axes.

' thereto embodying a strip having intermediate portions adapted to form pintles, and nose-guards having bearings thereon arranged to turn on said pintles of the .bridge 3. In eyelasses or spectacles, the conibination wit the lenses and a bridge having a bowed'central portion adapted to span the wearers nose,- the ends of the bowed portion extending rearwardly, and thence forwardly to the lenses, ofa nose guard 'ournaled to turn on the rearwardly-exten ing arms of the bridge.

4. In eyeglasses or spectacles, the 'combination with a bridge having pintles formed thereon,` of nose-guards each embodying a nose-engaglng surface, and a hlnge portion arranged thereon nitermediate the length of the nose-engaging surface and copcrating with thel pintlc on the bridge.

* 5. In eyeglasses or spectacles, the eoxnbination with the. bridge having the horizontali)r arranged pintles formed thereon between its central portion and its points ol' attachment to'the lenses, ol' nose-guards' 7. ln eyeglasses orspee-iacles, the con1- l bination with the mounting provided with *the pi'ntles, of nose guards journaledto turn on said. pintles, each embodying a nose-engaging portion, a doubled arm at one'end of.

the said portion, and a bearing formed upon the doubled arlnand engaging-a pintle.v

' GEORGEQBA'USOl'l-- Witnesses F. F. CHURCH, II. E.'Kms'rniN. 

